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Adams Hill and John Adams blue plaque

Blue plaque
Adams Hill and John Adams blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Adams Hill. These steps were built in c. 1830 by Captain John Adams of Perry Hall, a distant relative of A.E. Housman.
Captain John Adams was a landowner and distant relative of A.E. Housman; he commissioned the construction of Adams Hill steps around 1830, linking his property to the nearby village and facilitating local transportation.

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